July 31, 2020 – Sanofi (Paris, France) and GSK (London, UK) announced a collaborative effort with the U.S. government to accelerate the development and manufacturing of a COVID-19 recombinant protein-based vaccine. The vaccine candidate, developed by Sanofi in partnership with GSK, is based on the recombinant protein-based technology used by Sanofi to produce an influenza … [Read more...]
BD announces $24M U.S. government investment to support scale up of U.S. manufacturing of COVID-19 diagnostic tests
July 31, 2020 – BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (Franklin Lakes, NJ) announced a $24 million investment from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support the scale up of U.S. manufacturing capabilities for BD Veritor Solution for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes … [Read more...]
Premier: Statement for the Record on the Senate Finance Committee Hearing on Protecting the Reliability of the U.S. Medical Supply Chain During COVID-19
July 31, 2020 – “In a statement for the record for the Senate Finance Committee hearing on protecting the reliability of the U.S. medical supply chain during the COVID-19 pandemic, Premier underscores how the existing private sector supply chain can be further enabled and augmented to prevent gaps in vital medical supplies to address future pandemics. "To help strengthen … [Read more...]
Vizient supply chain expert Cathy Denning to participate in Senate Finance Committee Hearing on counterfeit PPE
July 30, 2020 – Vizient, Inc. (Irving, TX) announced that Cathy Denning, a sourcing and supply chain expert, is testifying before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance during the second part of its hearing, “Protecting the Reliability of the U.S. Medical Supply Chain During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Denning, RN, MSN, group SVP of sourcing operations, analytics and center of … [Read more...]
Kodak announces pandemic plan to start making pharmaceutical ingredients
July 28, 2020 - Eastman Kodak Co. (Rochester, NY) received a $765 million loan from the Trump administration under the Defense Production Act, the first of its kind. The loan will be used to launch a business that will make pharmaceutical ingredients to help expedite domestic production of drugs that can treat a variety of medical conditions with the express aim of loosening … [Read more...]
Hologic awarded $7.6M federal contract for COVID-19 testing
July 27, 2020 - Hologic Inc. was awarded an undefinitized contract action with a ceiling of $7.6 million from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to expand production of custom sample collection and processing consumables for COVID-19 testing. This investment will increase Hologic's production from 4.8 million COVID-19 … [Read more...]
White House to eliminate CDC as COVID data recipient, replace with National Guard
The Trump administration is asking state governors to consider sending the National Guard to hospitals to help improve data collection about novel coronavirus patients, supplies and capacity The move is part of a new data reporting protocol for hospitals that eliminates the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (Atlanta, GA) as a recipient of that information. “In … [Read more...]
Vizient urges Congress, CMS to make recently expanded telehealth flexibilities permanent
Vizient Inc. (Irving, TX) urged Congress and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to “make permanent many of the legislative and regulatory actions, particularly those related to telehealth, that have been put in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.” “Throughout the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, America’s hospitals and health care professionals have taken … [Read more...]
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to kill Obamacare on worst day of the pandemic so far
President Donald Trump’s administration petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in a late night filing on the worst day of the coronavirus pandemic the nation has seen so far. Solicitor General Noel Francisco, in a filing late on Thursday, argued for the administration that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) became invalid after the previous, … [Read more...]
Premier Inc releases statement on CDC Director Testimony before the House Appropriations Committee Regarding Contact Tracing
“Premier agrees with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director on the need to have contact tracers across the country to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Instead of creating a new set of government employees, state and local health departments should invest in hospitals and health systems across the country, many of which have had to furlough or lay off … [Read more...]